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Business Insider
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Kepler Capital Reaffirms Their Sell Rating on TGS (0MSJ)
Kepler Capital analyst Kevin Roger maintained a Sell rating on TGS on July 17 and set a price target of NOK75.00. The company's shares closed last Thursday at NOK76.10. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. Roger covers the Energy sector, focusing on stocks such as Subsea 7, Saipem SpA, and TGS. According to TipRanks, Roger has an average return of 15.5% and a 66.81% success rate on recommended stocks. Currently, the analyst consensus on TGS is a Hold with an average price target of NOK100.50. 0MSJ market cap is currently NOK15.44B and has a P/E ratio of 48.53.
Straits Times
6 days ago
- Health
- Straits Times
27 caught and fined for vaping in 5-hour blitz, including man in void deck wearing vape round his neck
27 caught and fined for vaping in 5-hour blitz, including man in void deck wearing vape round his neck Andrew Wong and Zaihan Mohamed Yusof The Straits Times July 17, 2025 The anti-vaping blitz has extended to areas near schools, with enforcement officers conducting checks outside five institutes of higher learning (IHL) across Singapore on July 14. In total, 27 people were caught and fined for vaping in enforcement operations conducted at several community hot spots, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) told The Straits Times. Another eight people were caught for underage smoking. Those caught were aged 17 to 66 years old, said HSA, which added that 31 e-vaporisers were seized in the five-hour-long blitz. Work in the East started just after 11am, with HSA officers positioning themselves at various spots where people gather outside the institutes. Within the first hour, a man was caught loitering at an HDB void deck across from the school with a vape around his neck. HSA officers confiscated his vape, suspected to be a Kpod or etomidate-laced pod. Etomidate is an anaesthetic agent used in clinical practice. It is classified as a poison under the Poisons Act. This means a licence is required for its importation or sale. About 500m away from where the first man was caught, HSA officers found a man vaping at a bus stop directly opposite a school in full public view. He told officers that he had just seen a doctor and was given a medical certificate. The man was allowed to leave after enforcement officers recorded his particulars. At around 4pm, ST followed HSA officers to an IHL in the north of Singapore, where officers found six people using vapes. IHLs comprise autonomous universities, art institutions, polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES The Ministry of Health and HSA said in a joint statement on May 16 that from January 2024 to March 2025, about 2,600 students were referred to HSA by schools and IHLs for vaping. Previous figures released showed that there were about 800 cases in 2022, 900 cases the following year and 2,000 cases in 2024. Teachers, who spoke to ST on the condition of anonymity, say vaping, which has been banned in Singapore since 2018, has been a problem in schools here. Roger (not his real name) said he sees an average of three to four cases of students getting caught with vapes a month. "Some schools have resorted to using portable metal detectors to check students when there is a tip-off," said Roger, who has been teaching in a secondary school for more than 20 years. He added that at his school, bags are checked only when there is reliable information that the student may be using e-vaporisers. Jim (not his real name) said the situation at his IHL has worsened since 2023, when about 200 students were caught vaping in the institute each month. He said students would hide the vapes in false ceilings or behind mirrors inside toilets. Jim declined to provide the number of students caught for vaping offences in 2024 and 2025, saying that it might identify his institute. Roger said he is aware of the emergence of etomidate-laced vapes, or Kpods. His school was first alerted to the use of laced vapes by a concerned parent who found her child in a "drugged out" state. Laced vapes rose to prominence in April when a 13-year-old girl was caught behaving erratically outside the State Courts after puffing on a vape. A subsequent raid of her home by HSA officers found that she had an etomidate-laced vape device in her possession. Roger said that, fortunately, no students have been caught with laced pods in his school. Jim said the emergence of Kpods has added another layer of complexity. "Kpods is my number one nemesis because we have seen students using Kpods and, within seconds, they're not themselves. They don't know what is happening to them and their surroundings," he added. Jim said that he had previously contacted the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for guidance when a student was caught while high on the laced product. He said he was referred to HSA. PHOTO: STOMP For students caught vaping, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) offers cessation support via tele-counselling service QuitLine, and on-site counselling by student health advisers in some schools. Nearly 1,800 young people received counselling between January 2024 and March 2025. HPB and the Ministry of Education will also soon start a year-long virtual cessation counselling pilot for all secondary schools, slated to kick off in July. Meanwhile, medical practitioners and public healthcare institutions have been told to record all suspected and confirmed etomidate-linked vaping cases. In a circular dated July 9, MOH and HSA said medical practitioners should also get patients to surrender their e-vaporisers and consider sending their urine samples for testing. Schools have also sent advisories to parents through Parents Gateway, an app that connects parents and schools on key administrative matters. The advisory provides warning of the dangers of vaping and how parents can protect their children. Secondary school teacher Lim (not his real name) said he has received e-mails from his school's student management committee to look out for vapes. "Metal detectors have been used during bag checks, but that happens only if there is a tip-off or when we have a valid reason to be suspicious that the particular student possesses a vape," said Lim. Mr Gopal Mahey, senior counsellor at the Centre for Psychotherapy, said more parents and their children have reached out for help in dealing with addiction to vaping. He said many clients had initially assumed that vaping was a safer or "cleaner" alternative to cigarettes. "With substances like etomidate or even tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and amphetamines lacing the same devices, the risks have escalated dramatically. "I've had clients who shared that they unknowingly inhaled drug-laced pods because a friend had handed one to them at a party," said Mr Gopal. He said young people are still navigating through their formative years and may be seeking belonging and approval from others. "If we don't intervene strongly now, with compassion, clarity and consequence, we risk watching this generation inhale their way to a new form of dependency, and by the time many seek help, it's already taken root. "The window for prevention is narrow, but it's still open," he said. Click here to contribute a story or submit it to our WhatsApp Get more of Stomp's latest updates by following us on:
AsiaOne
6 days ago
- Health
- AsiaOne
HSA launches anti-vaping checks near 5 institutes of higher learning, Singapore News
SINGAPORE — The anti-vaping blitz has extended to areas near schools, with enforcement officers conducting checks outside five institutes of higher learning (IHL) across Singapore on Monday (July 14). In total, 27 people were caught and fined for vaping in enforcement operations conducted at several community hot spots, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) told The Straits Times. Another eight persons were caught for underage smoking. Those caught were aged 17 to 66 years old, said HSA, which added that 31 e-vaporisers were seized in the four-hour-long operation. [[nid:720201]] Work in the East started just after 11am, with HSA officers positioning themselves at various spots where people gather outside the institutes. Within the first hour, a man was caught loitering at a HDB void deck across from the school, with a vape around his neck. HSA officers confiscated his vape, suspected to be a Kpod or etomidate-laced pod. Etomidate is an anaesthetic agent used in clinical practice. It is classified as a poison under the Poisons Act. This means a licence is required for its importation or sale. About 500m away from where the first man was caught, HSA officers found a man vaping at a bus stop directly opposite a school, in full public view. He told officers that he had just seen a doctor and was given a medical certificate. The man was allowed to leave after enforcement officers recorded his particulars. At around 4pm, ST followed HSA officers to an IHL in the north of Singapore, where officers found six people using vapes. IHLs comprise autonomous universities, art institutions, polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education. The Ministry of Health and HSA said in a joint statement on May 16 that from January 2024 to March 2025, about 2,600 students were referred to HSA by schools and IHLs for vaping. Previous figures released showed that there were about 800 cases in 2022, 900 cases the following year and 2,000 cases in 2024. Teachers, who spoke to ST on the condition of anonymity, say vaping, which has been banned in Singapore since 2018, has been a problem in schools here. Roger (not his real name) said he sees an average of three to four cases of students getting caught with vapes a month. "Some schools have resorted to using portable metal detectors to check students when there is a tip-off," said Roger, who has been teaching in a secondary school for more than 20 years. He added that at his school, bags are checked only when there is reliable information that the student may be using e-vaporisers. Jim (not his real name) said the situation at his IHL has worsened since 2023, when about 200 students were caught vaping in the institute each month. He said students would hide the vapes in false ceilings or behind mirrors inside toilets. Jim declined to provide the number of students caught for vaping offences in 2024 and 2025, saying that it might identify his institute. Roger said he is aware of the emergence of etomidate-laced vapes, or Kpods. His school was first alerted to the use of laced vapes by a concerned parent who found her child in a "drugged out" state. Laced vapes rose to prominence in April when a 13-year-old girl was caught behaving erratically outside the State Courts after puffing on a vape. A subsequent raid of her home by HSA officers found that she had an etomidate-laced vape device in her possession. Roger said that, fortunately, no students have been caught with laced pods in his school. Jim said the emergence of Kpods has added another layer of complexity. "Kpods are my number one nemesis because we have seen students using Kpods and, within seconds, they're not themselves. They don't know what is happening to them and their surroundings," he added. Jim said that he had previously contacted the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for guidance when a student was caught while high on the laced product. He said he was referred to HSA. For students caught vaping, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) offers cessation support via tele-counselling service QuitLine, and on-site counselling by student health advisers in some schools. Nearly 1,800 young people received counselling between January 2024 and March 2025. HPB and the Ministry of Education will also soon start a year-long virtual cessation counselling pilot for all secondary schools, slated to kick off in July. Meanwhile, medical practitioners and public healthcare institutions have been told to record all suspected and confirmed etomidate-linked vaping cases. In a circular dated July 9, MOH and HSA said medical practitioners should also get patients to surrender their e-vaporisers and consider sending their urine samples for testing. Schools have also sent advisories to parents through Parents Gateway, an app that connects parents and schools on key administrative matters. The advisory provides warning of the dangers of vaping and how parents can protect their children. Secondary school teacher Lim (not his real name) said he has received e-mails from his school's student management committee to look out for vapes. "Metal detectors have been used during bag checks, but that happens only if there is a tip-off or when we have a valid reason to be suspicious that the particular student possesses a vape," said Lim. Gopal Mahey, senior counsellor at the Centre for Psychotherapy, said more parents and their children have reached out for help in dealing with addiction to vaping. He said many clients had initially assumed that vaping was a safer or "cleaner" alternative to cigarettes. "With substances like etomidate or even tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and amphetamines lacing the same devices, the risks have escalated dramatically. "I've had clients who shared that they unknowingly inhaled drug-laced pods because a friend had handed one to them at a party," said Gopal. He said young people are still navigating through their formative years and may be seeking belonging and approval from others. "If we don't intervene strongly now, with compassion, clarity and consequence, we risk watching this generation inhale their way to a new form of dependency, and by the time many seek help, it's already taken root. "The window for prevention is narrow, but it's still open," he said. [[nid:720256]] This article was first published in The Straits Times . Permission required for reproduction.
Straits Times
6 days ago
- Straits Times
HSA launches anti-vaping checks near 5 institutes of higher learning
Find out what's new on ST website and app. A HSA officer (right) confiscating a vape from a student in Tampines on July 14. SINGAPORE - The anti-vaping blitz has extended to areas near schools, with enforcement officers conducting checks outside five institutes of higher learning (IHL) across Singapore on July 14. In total, 27 people were caught and fined for vaping in enforcement operations conducted at several community hot spots, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) told The Straits Times. 'Another eight persons were caught for underage smoking. Those caught were aged 17 to 66 years,' said HSA, which added that 31 e-vaporisers were seized in the four-hour-long operation. The operation in the East started just after 11am, with HSA officers positioning themselves across various points where people gather outside the IHL. Within the first hour, a man was caught loitering at a HDB void deck across from the school, with a vape hooked across his neck. HSA officers confiscated his vape, suspected to be a Kpod or etomidate-laced pod. Etomidate is an anaesthetic agent used in clinical practice. It is classified as a poison under the Poisons Act. This means a licence is required for its importation or sale. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Singapore Over 600 Telegram groups in Singapore selling, advertising vapes removed by HSA Business Singapore key exports surprise with 13% rebound in June Business Market versus mission: What will Income Insurance choose? Life First look at the new Singapore Oceanarium at Resorts World Sentosa Opinion AI and education: We need to know where this sudden marriage is heading Singapore Coffee Meets Bagel's Singpass check: Why I'll swipe right on that Singapore Jail for man who fatally hit his daughter, 2, while driving van without licence About 500m away from where the first man was caught, HSA officers found a man vaping at a bus stop directly opposite a school, in full public view. He told officers that he had just seen a doctor and was given a medical certificate. The man was allowed to leave after enforcement officers recorded his particulars. At around 4pm, ST followed HSA officers to an IHL located in the north of Singapore, where officers found six people using vapes. IHLs comprise autonomous universities, art institutions, polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education. The Ministry of Health and HSA said in a joint statement on May 16 that from January 2024 to March 2025 about 2,600 students were referred to HSA by schools and IHLs for vaping. Previous figures released showed that there were about 800 cases in 2022, 900 cases the next year and 2,000 cases in 2024 . Teachers, who spoke to ST on the condition of anonymity, say vaping, which has been banned in Singapore since 2018, has been a problem in schools here. Roger (not his real name) said he sees an average of three to four cases of students getting caught with vapes a month. 'Some schools have resorted to using portable metal detectors to check students when there is a tip-off,' said Roger, who has been teaching in a secondary school for more than 20 years. He added that at his school, bags are checked only when there is reliable information that the student may be using e-vaporisers. Jim (not his real name) said the situation at his IHL has worsened since 2023, when about 200 students were caught vaping in the institute each month. He said students would hide the vapes in false ceilings or behind the mirrors inside the toilets. Jim declined to provide the number of students caught for vaping offences in 2024 and 2025, saying that it might identify his institute. Roger said he is also aware of the emergence of etomidate-laced vapes, or Kpods. His school was first alerted to the use of laced vapes by a concerned parent who found her child in a 'drugged out' state. Laced vapes rose to prominence in April when a 13-year-old girl was caught while behaving erratically outside the State Courts after puffing on a vape. A subsequent raid of her home by HSA officers found that she had a etomidate-laced vape device in her possession. Roger said that, fortunately, no students have been caught with laced pods in his school. Jim said the emergence of Kpods has added another layer of complexity. 'Kpods is my number one nemesis because we have seen students who use Kpods, and within seconds they're not themselves. They don't know what is happening to them and their surroundings,' he added. Jim said that he had previously contacted the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for guidance when a student was caught while high on the laced product. He said he was referred to HSA. For students caught vaping, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) offers cessation support via tele-counselling service QuitLine, and on-site counselling by student health advisers in some schools. Nearly 1,800 young people received counselling between January 2024 and March 2025. HPB and the Ministry of Education will also soon start a year-long virtual cessation counselling pilot for all secondary schools, slated to kick off in July. Meanwhile, medical practitioners and public healthcare institutions have been told to record all suspected and confirmed etomidate-linked vaping cases. In a circular dated July 9, MOH and HSA said medical practitioners should also get patients to surrender their e-vaporisers and consider sending their urine samples for testing. Schools have also sent advisories to parents through Parents Gateway, an app that connects parents and schools on key administrative matters. The advisory provides warning of the dangers of vaping and how parents can protect their children. Secondary school teacher Lim (not his real name) said he has received e-mails from his school's student management committee to look out for vapes. 'Metal detectors have been used during bag checks, but that only happens if there is a tip-off or when we have a valid reason to be suspicious that the particular student possesses a vape,' said Lim. Mr Gopal Mahey, senior counsellor at the Centre for Psychotherapy, said more parents and their children have reached out for help in dealing with addiction to vaping. He said many clients had initially assumed that vaping was a safer or 'cleaner' alternative to cigarettes. 'With substances like etomidate or even tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and amphetamines being laced into the same devices, the risks have escalated dramatically.' 'I've had clients who shared that they unknowingly inhaled drug-laced pods because a friend had handed it to them at a party,' said Mr Gopal. He said the young people are still navigating through their formative years and may be seeking belonging and approval from others. 'If we don't intervene strongly now, with compassion, clarity and consequence, we risk watching this generation inhale their way into a new form of dependency, and by the time many seek help, it's already taken root. 'The window for prevention is narrow but it's still open,' he said.
The Guardian
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘I broke down in the studio from all the raw emotion': Richard Hawley on making The Ocean
My wife, Helen, had driven our two young kids down to Porthcurno beach in Cornwall. It's where Rowena Cade had carved the Minack theatre into the granite cliffs. I'd been playing a gig so arrived two days later, and for a boy from a smoggy industrial city, the blue sea and palm trees felt revelatory. Roger, the landlord of the old smugglers' pub, told me everyone had gone to the beach, so I took my boots off, rolled my suit trousers up and walked towards them. I saw the silhouettes of my wife and children playing at the ocean's edge. By the time I reached them a song had popped into my head. Helen knows the glazed look in my eyes when this happens. She said: 'You're writing a song, aren't you?' I said: 'I'm sorry, dear. I am.' I bombed it back to the cottage we were staying in, got my guitar, banged out the tune and then went back to the beach and enjoyed the rest of the holiday. When we got home I jammed the idea with the band. There are only four chords in the song and one of them is a sort of special gift from my uncle Eric. He's in his 80s now, but his fingers are so swollen from working the hammer in the steelworks that he's always had to play rhythm guitar with his fingers down a semitone. That produces an A major seven, which is the first chord in The Ocean. I can laugh about this now, but at the time I was 31, which felt old for a musician. I had come through playing with Treebound Story, Pulp and Longpigs. I'd quit heavy drugs, got married, launched a solo career and been dropped by my label. I had been on tour constantly, making very little money, been brutalised by the industry to an extent and away from my family for a lot of time. All these thoughts fed into The Ocean. The emotionally edgy vocals were done in one take. People have to make their own minds up whether it's 'Still dressed in your morning suit' or 'mourning suit' because it's almost two extremes, life and death. I actually broke down during the recording, in the middle eight after I sing 'I assume, I assume'. I only just managed to hold it together. It felt like the last throw of the dice and I was trying to harness my raw emotions. I wanted to make music that would last. When Richard was in Longpigs the record company needed a single so they gave each member of the band £1,000 to record a song in a place of their choice. Richard came into Sheffield's Yellow Arch studios with me. He was a bit of a recovering mess, really, and by his own admission the song was shit. He didn't have anything else for Longpigs but said he had these 'piddling little tunes I do for myself', so I suggested using the studio time to record those. After I kept him there for a week of heavy drinking and psychotherapy we had a mini-album. He asked me and Shez Sheridan [guitar] to be part of his first solo band and we've been there ever since. The early records got good reviews but when we came to make Coles Corner it did feel a bit 'last chance saloon'. We made the album without a record deal and Richard wanted to push the boundaries. I played double bass as opposed to the usual electric. Opening the album with a string section felt brave and we also used it to great effect on The Ocean. I wanted him to sing the bit after the middle eight up an octave. He thought it would be embarrassing and didn't want to but I said: 'No, it's emotional. Go up!' It's a song that he particularly connects with, especially that section. When we play it live, people's hands go up in the air and the lighters come out. It's hard to know why it's become his most streamed song, but the opening line – 'You lead me down to the ocean' – is very evocative. Most people go to the seaside for their holidays, dip their feet in the sea, look out over the waves and it can feel as if all your troubles are behind you. There's something intangible about the ocean that people seem to connect to. A 20th anniversary Zoetrope vinyl format, a half speed master vinyl LP and an expanded two CD version of Coles Corner is released on 1 August. Richard Hawley plays Gaiety theatre, Isle of Man, on 30 August. Then tours until 10 October
